Intro to ecology
This a a group of organisms of the same species.
What is a population.
This biome only has 2 seasons and has poor soil.
What is the tropical rainforest.
This is an organism that makes its own food by converting energy from the sun through photosynthesis.
What is a Producer.
A natural disaster is defined as
What is a natural event that becomes dangerous and destructive.
Predators are typically ______ in the food web because they are either herbivores, omnivores, or carnivores.
What is Higher.
Rocks, weather, climate, soil, sunlight are all examples of ________ factors.
What is an abiotic factor.
This biome has very hot summer days with cold nights. It typically gets less than 25 cm of precipitation as year.
What is the Desert.
These are organisms that breakdown dead organism for their energy.
What are decomposers.
This natural disaster is an earthquake or volcanic eruption at the bottom of the sea.
What is a Tsunami
This relationship is described as organism 1 and organism 2 both benefiting.
What is mutualism.
The community of organisms and their abiotic environment is known as
What is an Ecosystem.
This biome is home to trees that are currently at peak foliage! It also has 4 seasons and moderate precipitation year round.
What is the temperate deciduous forest.
This type of consumer is typically a carnivore and population numbers are smaller for the organism.
What is a quaternary consumer.
This natural disaster has 5 categories that measure the strength of the storm and can exist for several weeks.
What is a hurricane.
Barnacles and whales share this type of relationship, where the barnacles get their food and the whales are not helped or harmed.
What is commensalism.
What term describes the variety of species in an area?
What is biodiversity
Eagles, caribou, polar bears, moose, seals, and whales are all part of this biome also known for permafrost.
What is the Tundra.
What percent of energy is lost as heat in the energy pyramid?
What is 90%.
This natural disaster begins from human actions or lightning strikes, typically seen in western US.
What are Wildfires
The relationship between a tick and a dog is known as _________.
What is parasitism.
Fish, coral, and algae species are found in a coral reef. This is an example of a ___________.
Community
This is the biome most frequently seen in the movie "The Lion King". Home to elephants, giraffe, lions, zebras, and gazelle.
What is the Savanna
Trophic level 1 starts with 100 kcal of energy, how much energy will trophic level 3 get?
What is 1 kcal of energy.
This type of natural disaster is caused when 2 air masses of different temperatures and pressures collide.
What is a Storm.
Deer, chipmunks and insects are an example of ___________ because they are all herbivores.
What is competitors.